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story after he left his room, if he was suddenly called in the case of a fire? how many feet should you judge? A. It might be about 150 to 175 ft. as near as I can answer. Q. Then he would go down the first pair of stairs. Is that pair of stairs wide enough for more than one [?] person to go down at a time? A. The thing would be possible, but ordinarily people go down one at a time. Q. Suppose they went down by the other way, that is, from the upper private first, the stairs running down which the attendants use to go down to their own room; those are about the same are they not, a little wider, but not much? A. I don't think I understand the question Q. I am speaking of the stairs that lead to the sitting room, the common room of the upper private, that lead right out of that right down. You remember there are a pair of stairs? A. Yes, sir Q. Those are a little wider, or not much? A. Not much to choose. I am rather of the opinion that they are in the same casing, about the same width. Q. Now taking the widest from those new halls, are they more than enough for two persons to go